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Advances in technology are making Web-based education (WBE) a reality, but there are still many questions that need to be answered. Can traditional university do a good job of WBE? What are the roles of instructors? Administrators? Students? What class size is feasible/relevant/optimal in WBE? How...

As computers, telecommunications technology and other electronic media have reduced the constraints imposed by geographic location, increasing numbers of organizations are using information technology to geographically disperse education. And as the number of distance learning programs continues to...

Software process reengineering has become highly visible over the past several years. Efforts are being undertaken by organizations of all types and sizes as they attempt to deal with the challenges of quality, complexity and competitiveness. As an emerging technology, the effectiveness and potential...

Many experts believe that by the beginning of the next century, the majority of business transactions and communications will be conducted through the use of web-enabled technologies, particularly electronic commerce. As a result, many organizations around the world are looking into the emerging...

Within the book Social Responsibility in the Information Age: Issues and Controversies , the term “society” refers to the world at large, nations, cultures within nations, and interaction among peoples. It examines who is affected, why, how, and where, and what impact those changes have on society....

Despite the rapid advance of technology in the last few decades, accurate, on-time and on-budget completion of information systems development projects is still a vision rather than a reality. Despite the rapid advance of technology in the last few decades, accurate, on-time and on-budget completion of...

Neural Networks in Business: Techniques and Applications aims to be an introductory reference book for professionals, students and academics interested in applying neural networks to a variety of business applications. The book introduces the three most common neural network models and how they work...

Digital signal processing is an area of science and engineering that has been developed rapidly over the past years. This rapid development is the result of the significant advances in digital computer technology and integrated circuits fabrication. Many of the signal processing tasks conventionally...

In recent years rapid Internet growth has pushed the development of new multimedia applications in all aspects of life such as entertainment, communication, collaborative work and electronic commerce. Future applications will make use of different technologies like voice, data and video, but in order...

As technology continues to advance, its impact on a variety of organizations becomes greater and increasingly more important. With such easy access to the Internet and the opportunity for organizations to reach other organizations and individuals around the world faster and more efficiently, modern...

Business managers, management consultants and researchers regularly question whether and how the contribution of IT to business performance can be measured. This book contributes to the art and science of the expost valuation of IT, by posing and answering key management questions, offering insights...

The nature of the Internet is dramatically revolutionizing the manner in which organizations and individuals alike acquire and distribute information. Unfortunately, the problem of web abuse has developed in kind. This interesting new book includes chapters that embrace a wide array of Internet abuse...

As the concept and use of virtual organizations grows, it is necessary to gain a better understanding of how the virtual economy operates. Managing Virtual Web Organizations in the 21st Century: Issues and Challenges provides a guideline of how to manage virtual organizations, by introducing the...

As the field of information technology continues to grow and impact the personnel and management of organizations, changes have occurred in the way that such people contribute and participate in effective business operations. Managing the Human Side of Information Technology: Challenges and Solutions...

Universities are increasingly being asked to play a greater role in their communities. With the growth of the technology industry and the increasing importance of the Internet in education and everyday life, academic IT departments are beginning to form partnerships with both non-profit and for-profit...

In many countries, small businesses comprise over 95% of the proportion of private businesses and approximately half of the private workforce, with information technology being used in more than 90% of these businesses. As a result, governments worldwide are placing increasing importance upon the...

Because the field of electronic commerce has continued to expand so significantly in recent years, it has become necessary for businesses and organizations to address ways to develop successful business applications that aid in its effective utilization. Managing Business with Electronic Commerce...

Because the field of healthcare reflects forms of both explicit and tacit knowledge such as evidence-based knowledge, clinical guidelines and the physician's experience, knowledge media have significant potential in this area. Knowledge Media and Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges is an...

It is the goal of researchers to seek to explore the issues, challenges and problems inherent in developing an understanding of knowledge management and mapping in the context of the learning organization. The examination of the organizational, human and technological aspects of managing knowledge is...

The Internet is a vast multi-disciplined array of information that potentially invades and affects the very essence of our lives. Our lives are becoming inextricably bound into the Internet: we now need to manage our lives and our interests vis-à-vis the Internet. Internet Management Issues: A Global...

Multimedia technology has the potential to evolve the paradigm of end user computing, from the interactive text and graphics model that has developed since the 1950s, into one more compatible with the digital electronic world of the next century. Decreasing hardware costs, a relatively inexpensive...

While the area of Intelligent Support Systems has experienced significant progress in the recent past, the advent of Internet and World Wide Web has sparked a renewed interest in this area. There is a growing interest in developing intelligent systems that would enable users to accomplish complex tasks...

The IT revolution has affected the entire world by producing a new, Internet-based, digital economy in which geographical distance and borders have become less of an obstacle to global trade. Thanks to IT, developing countries, in every region of the world, have the opportunity to break out of the mold...

The information technologies explosion in our global society is creating tremendous challenges and opportunities for educators as they help shape the next generation of information pioneers. Eager to help fill the IT labor shortage, a growing number of programs have targeted re-training workers from...

The evaluation of IT and its business value are recently the subject of many academic and business discussions, as business managers, management consultants and researchers regularly question whether and how the contribution of IT to business performance can be evaluated effectively. Investments in IT...